This is actually a really good phone for it's price range. Battery is extra good. It last about 3 - 5 days. It has a really nice display, it reasonably fast...all in all a really good and quality phone.
For those who have this phone or are thinking of buying it, just one recommendation. DO NOT UPGRADE TO LOLIPOP.
On KitKat (4.4.2) that comes with the device, the phone works awesome. On lolipop it has so many bugs nad glitches that it hurts.

What ever you do, do not upgrade to 5.0.2.

You should know that downgrading to KitKat is impossible because you can't find stock firmware for lenovo to download on the internet.

As for costume firmware, you can find them and customize your phone this way but you don't have many options. There are only handful of custom firmware's that works good with this phone.

All in all, if you what a good phone for basic use with long battery life, this is a phone for you. But if you like to customize your phones, please consider buying some other model and don't torture your self.

F, 10 Jan 2016My Lenovo A5000 is not turning on. I thought maybe the battery is dead but I have plugged and ... moreMaybe because you're draining your battery. Draining isn't good. It should be 20% above

Anonymous, 15 Jul 2015That is not lollipop update. Lenovo A5000 still remains kirkat 4.4.2No... Just last day i updated my globe plan lenovo a5000 in 5.0.2 lollipop version, by using ota update system... I dont know if its official but i recieve it last day

When I open my data connection the GPS is turning on also..when I close it its turning on in less than a minute..and then I off it again and it will come back again..pls help me because my battery drain so fast..My phone is lenovo a5000..

My Lenovo A5000 is not turning on. I thought maybe the battery is dead but I have plugged and left it alone for at least a good hour and it still isn't turning on. There is no charging light showing up. I wanted to try taking out the battery but unfortunately it is not removable. I also tried performing a hard reset and it still won't work.

Erick, 06 Jan 2016After I upgrade to lolipop, the internal memory is shorten and the camera pexil is down to 6 m... moreFactory reset after the update and change preview size to 4.3 instead of fullscreen so u can use 8mp camera